Stuart Broad has become prone to moments of exaggeration since taking charge
of the Twenty20 side, but it was hard to argue with him last night when he
described this performance as “pretty perfect” and the result as the best he
has known from an England team.

To reach a target of 140 with 44 balls to spare, itself on the back of a smart
and clinical bowling display from the pace attack, represented a strong
evening’s work that left even Brendon McCullum, the beaten New Zealand
captain,